I take the 6 train from 86th to 14th everyday. I’ve been hyper aware since the first one happened.

In fact, in Union Square, there are almost ALWAYS insane muttering people on the platform, I even saw personally, one push a random woman once. She was leaning on the post so she didn’t fall forward and there was no train coming though.

This is getting out of hand. Lock these freakin’ sickos up, pronto.

If not, people, like me, are just going to start punching these whackos out when they present themselves in dangerous situations, which in the city can be anything really. Even standing on the sidewalk; they could just push you into traffic.

Why there is a pandemic of these f’ing sickos going about trying to commit per-meditated murder is strange, though.

Scary times. Glad I’m moving back to the burbs in July after 10 years!!! Can’t come soon enough. LOOOOONG gone are the days of the pretty, safe, affluent, Rudy G., NYC.

Tall fences on all subway platforms all over the country, with gates controlled by the train operator. Mandatory, with huge fines for stations that do not comply or fences that don't meet federal and UN safety standards. It does not matter how much it costs, it's for the safety of our children. Only big government can save us.

(Do I have to add /s ?)

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posted on 12/27/2012 8:22:15 PM PST
by BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)

A relative of mine works for the NY Metro. At subway stations or train platforms he makes a habit of not standing too close and then he faces away from the incoming train to make sure no cretin from hell tries such a deed.

NYC subway users will now be required to press themselves against the subway station walls as the train approaches. Only after the train stops and the doors open can they rush to board ... this is a sick demented society. Really.

That’s the unspoken truth. I’ve seen the look of terror as people get on a bus or train and see the only seat(s) available are next to thugs. Especially young females. No wonder people won’t use public transportation.

I had one thug show me a gun on a bus 30 years ago. That was my last time on Greyhound.

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posted on 12/27/2012 8:43:02 PM PST
by A_Former_Democrat
(Elections do have consequences, young people of America)

“Every time I await a train in a NYC subway station I make a conscious effort to stay away from the tracks to avoid just such a fate.”

I used to take the number 7 in the 70s. I stood away from the track with the same fear, but then there was the other fear...shoving your way into the train from the crowd that assembled around the two sliding doors and cramming up against the glass as it slammed back and forth down the track to queens...

Don’t say it too loud - Bloomie is looking for ways to impede common sense. NYC, the financial capitol, and the mayor’s focus is on salt and big drinks. His focus is on health and nothing about the SAFETY of the millions who live there and the millions who come and go on a daily basis.

He’s safe - so he’s just another liberal where it’s all about him.

If Rudy didn’t do a whoop*ss job of cleaning NYC - I doubt he would have run for mayor. He would have stayed in his ivory tower with limousines at his disposal. He’s living off the successful job Rudy did, so he can live out his fantasy of telling people what to do. Put the shaker and big gulp down. What a freak’n wuss he is - fairy style!

Well said! And that mini-monster is chief among them. He probably gave away packages of his own “odor-free” excrement as holiday gifts. And figured the recipients would be thrilled and grateful to receive them.

Trains must not exceed 2 mi/h within 1000 feet of any living creature or within 1 mile of a school building.

Also, passengers must be held in a waiting room until the train comes to a complete stop and has maintained that stop for 60 seconds. At that time passengers will be allowed to enter the platform area one at a time. No running allowed. The next passenger will not be released from the waiting room until the previous passenger is seated.

There will be no standing inside of cars. If any passenger stands during the boarding process, the boarding process will be halted until the standing passengers has been arrested and removed from the premises.

These new rules have been instituted by Mayor Bloomberg for your convenience. Thanks for riding with us!

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posted on 12/27/2012 9:15:12 PM PST
by Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)

What we really need is to make all the subways train-free zones. There is no reason to allow these dangerous trains to run rampant through the tunnels of the city, just waiting for some innocent victim to hit.

Sure, some will say that trains don’t kill people, crazy people on platforms do — but we know the truth, that if there was no train on that track, nobody would be getting hit by a train.

Investigators were unable to immediately determine much about the victim beyond his gender, Mr. Browne said. The body is very badly damaged and making it difficult to make those kind of judgments, he added.

Should they ever find the perp, will the punishment fit the crime? I sincerely doubt it.

If it’s rush hour and you stand against the wall, you’ll never get on the train. Sometimes there’s only room for two or three more people on the train, so that’s why people stand near the edge. They want to get to work on time.

What I don’t understand, the more heinous the crime the more
likely the suspect will be judged insane and sent to some
asylum. To me if he/she is able to do a crime, they must
have a working brain. They are the most dangerous of all
criminals. They should be the first to be put to sleep.

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